A»GD8T 17, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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also active and have sent in many new 

 names : 



Connecticut— W. R. Plcrson 4 



Iowa — ^Jas. S. WlUon. 1 



Mass.' (East)— W. A. HaVtinis 14 



Mass. (West)— G. H. Slncialf 1 



Missouri — Fred H. Weber a 



Penn. (East)— S. S. Skldeisky"! 1 



Rhode Island — L. J. Reuter 2 



Wisconsin— J. E. Matthewson!" " 2 



Alberta, Canada — A. M. Terrlll ...'.!!!'.!.'..'.. 1 



Few realize that, by a little concerted 

 effort on the part of the members, the 

 membership can easily be doubled. It 

 is to be hoped that the method sug- 

 gested by President Asmus will be con- 

 tinued from year to year and that the 

 members will make a greater effort to 

 aid the society in this manner. 



Of the new members added to our 

 roll, five have come in as life members. 

 In addition to these, fifteen old mem- 

 bers have also become life members, 

 making a total of twenty for the cur- 

 rent year. This now gives the society 

 272 life members. 



Transportation. 



As usual, application for rates was 

 made of all the passenger associations. 

 This was granted by the Trunk Line 

 Association and refused by the re- 

 mainder. The Canadian, the South- 

 eastern, the Western and the South- 

 western Associations refused to grant 

 rates, owing to the small number at- 

 tending from those districts. The 

 Central Association stated that it has 

 ceased to grant rates unless an at- 

 tendance of 1,000 be guaranteed. Owing 

 to the reduced fares in many of the 

 states, it is becoming more difficult 

 each year to secure rates. 



Trade Exhibition. 



The trade exhibition of lylO was by 

 far the most successful ever held. 

 Superintendent Vick and his associates 

 at Eochester should be commended for 

 the able manner in which the exhibition 

 was handled. The total receipts for 

 the sale of space were $2,460.43. The 

 total expenditures were $944.52, leav- 

 ing a net profit of $1,515.91. Several 

 changes were made this year in the 

 rules governing the exhibition, and it 

 is to be hoped that they will do much 

 to improve our exhibitions. It is 

 hoped that the present exhibition will 

 excel that of last year, as it did that of 

 any previous year. 



Entomologist and Pathologist. 



The attention of the members should 

 be called to the excellent reports given 

 last year by the entomologist and path- 

 ologist, which are printed in the pro- 

 ceedings for 1910. Reports such as 

 these can only be prepared by the ex- 

 penditure of much labor and money. 



Plant Begistration. 



Thirty-two plants have been reg- 

 istered during the last year, as follows: 



No. 440 — Oct. 6, 1910, Coleus, Fanny Ross, by 

 J. W. Ross Co., Centralla, 111. 



Not. 17, 1910, the following chry- 

 santhemums were registered by Elmer 

 D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.: 



No. 441— Smith's Advance. 



No. 442— Unaka. 



No. 443^-Chrysolora. 



No. 444 — Paper White. 



No. 443— Mlnta. 



No. 446 — Morrlstown. 



No. 447 — Oceanic. 



No. 448— Glen Cove, 



No. 449"— Lenox. 



No. 450— Tarrytown. 



No. 451 — Poughkeepsle. 



No. 452— Madison. 



No. 453— Dick Wltterstaetter. 



No. 464 — Not. 24, 1910, Canna, Olympic, by the 



Conard & Jones Co., West GroTe, Pa. 



Dec. 8, 1910, the following geraniums 



were registered by F. H. De Witt, 



Wooster, O. 



No. 455 — Panama. 



No. 45(5 — White Cloud. 



No. 437 — Ruby. 



No. 458 — General Wooster. 



No. 459 — Barnaby Rudge. 



No. 460— Bright Eyes. 



No. 461 — Jan. 19, 1911, Dwarf Polyantha Rose, 

 Yellow Baby Rambler, by Jackson & 

 Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y. 



No. 462 — Feb. 9, 1911, Geranium, Dr. E. M. 

 Moore, by Robt. Dukelou, Rochester, 



N. y. 



No. 463 — Feb. 9. 1911, Geranium, A. B. Lamber- 



ton, by Robt. Dukelou, Rochester, 



N. Y. 

 No. 464 — March 2, 1911, Rose, . KlUamey Queen, 



by A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 

 No. 465.— March 2, 1011, Rose, Double White 



KUIarney, by A. N. Plerson, Inc., 



Cromwell, Conn. 



May 25, 1911, the following roses 



were registered by the Conard & 



Jones Co. : 

 No. 466 — Kuby Queen. 

 No. 467 — May Queen. 

 No. 468 — Pearl Queen. 

 No. 469 — Royal Cluster. 

 No. 470 — WUhelmlna. 

 No, 471 — Aug. 3, 1011, Begonia, Betty Anderson. 



by S. A. Anderson, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Necrology. 



Since the last report the following 



members have died: 



September 19, 1010, George Wlttbold. 

 December 19, 1910, Anthony Wiegand. 

 March 18, 1911, George Lorenz. 

 Acrll 30, 1911, George Engel. 

 May 18. 1011, Lloyd G. BUck. 

 May 21, 1911, Frederick Mathlson. 

 May 24, 1911, Lemuel BaU. 



Medals and Other Awards. 



The following medals have been 



awarded during the year: 



SllTcr medal — Patten & Co., for Carnation 

 GoncTlCTe, offered through the American Carna- 

 tion Society at its annual exhibition, held at Bos- 

 ton, March, 1911. 



Bronze medal— Patten & Co., for Carnation 

 Mrs. C. W. Barron, offered through the American 

 Carnation Society at Its ansual exhibition, held 

 at Boston, March, 1911. 



SllTer medal — Lager & Hurrell, for Cyprlpe- 

 dlum insigne var. Hurrellianum, offered through 

 the Horticultural Society of New York at its 

 exhibition, November, 1910. 



Silver medal — F. B. Plerson Co., for Nephro- 

 lepis Tlrldissima, offered through the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York at its exhibition, 

 NoTember, 1910. 



SllTer medal — F. R. Plerson Co., for a new 

 form of Nepbrolepls superblssima, offered through 

 the Horticultural Society of New York at its 

 exhibition, November, 1910. 



The medals and certificates awarded at Boston 

 at the National Flower Show will be included 

 in the report of the National Flower Show 

 committee. 



Trade Press. 



The members of the trade press con- 

 tinue to give the society their cordial 

 support. They have always been ready 

 to print all notices and items sent to 

 them by the secretary. The thanks of 

 the society is also due them for the 

 complimentary copies of their publica- 

 tions sent for the use of the secretary. 



Secretaryship. 



Before closing this report, a word 

 or two should be said regarding the 

 secretary's office. The work of the of- 

 fice is getting heavier each 7 ear and 

 has now reached the point Tvhere the 

 entire time of the secretary should be 

 devoted to the interests of the society. 

 Experience of the last two years has 

 shown that the work can not be effi- 

 ciently done by anyone who has other 

 duties to perform. Where such is the 

 case, it is the society's and not the 

 man's business that suffers. The sec- 

 retary should work to secure increased 

 membership and that takes time. He 

 should be able to give assistance to 

 the various committees, so that they 

 will be able to carry on their work 

 without such sacrifice of time and 

 money as is now necessary to accom- 

 plish anything. More could be ac- 

 complished in this way. Why should we 

 insist upon holding to the methods used 

 in the society twenty-five years ago, 

 any more than we should insist upon 



using the methods employed by garden- 

 ers of that period, when those methods 

 do not suit our present-day conditions! 

 Any member who has the interests of 

 the society at heart must see the ne- 

 cessity of a change. Many other duties 

 that are neglected at the present time 

 could be given the necessary attention. 

 In closing I wish to thank the mem- 

 bers of the society for all their kind 

 consideration and help given to the 

 secretary during the last two years. 



TBEASUBEB'S BEPOBTS. 



Treasurer W. F. Easting presented 

 two reports, one for the complete year 

 1910 and the other for the first part of 

 the present year. The following is a 

 summary of the two reports: 



ANNUAL REPORT, 

 January 1, 1010, to December 31, 1910. 

 1910. 

 Jan. 1 — Turned OTer by H. B. Beatty — 



Permanent Fund f7,949.98 



General Fund 3,963.84 



111,013.82 



Receipts: 



Total receipts for year 1910, 



Permanent Fund |1,070.19 



Total receipts for year 1910, 



General Fund 5,090.07 



1 6,160.26 



$18,074.08 

 Disbursements: 



Total disbursements for year 

 1910, General Fund I 2,728,10 



Balance, December 31, 1910. . . $15,347.08 



Balance in General Fund, De- 

 cember 31, 1910 $6,327.81 



Balance in Permanent C^nd, 



December 31, 1910 9,020.17 



$15,347.98 



Invfsted as follows: 



Bond and mwtgage, Dunkel- 



berg. Ft. Wayne, Ind $6,000.00 



Bond and mortgage, City and 

 Sub. Realty Co., Ft. Wayne, 

 Ind 1,500.00 



Germania Savings Bank, Pitts- 

 burg, Pa 619.72 



Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. Y., 



Permanent. Fund 744.64 



Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. Y., 



General Fund 2,073.71 



American Savings Bank, New 



York 4,409.91 



$15,347.98 



Bond and mortgage InTested at 5% Interest. 



Pittsburg and Buffalo saTings banks, 4% in- 

 terest. 



Peoples Bank on $744.64, 4% Interest. 



Peoples Bank on checking account, 3% Interest 

 on quarterly balances. 



SEMIANNUAL REPORT. 

 January 1 to August 10, 1911. 

 Jan. 1: 



Balance In Permanent Fund. $9,020. 17 

 Receipts to August 10, Per- 

 manent Fund 036.65 



Balance In Permanent Fund, 



August 10 $ 9,956.32 



Jan. 1: 



Balance in General Fund $6,327.81 



Receipts to August 10, Gen- 

 eral Fund 3,427.60 



$9,755.41 

 General Fund disbursements, 



to August 10 2,348.85 



Balance In General Fund, 

 August 10, 1911 $ 7,406.56 



Total balance, August 10, 



1911 $17,363.38 



. Invested as follows: 



Permanent Fnnd. 

 Dunkelberg Bond and Mort- 

 gage, Fort Wayne, fnd $6,000.00 



City & Suburban Realty Co. 

 Bond and Mortgage, Fort 



Wayne, Ind 1,500.00 



American SaTlnga Bank, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y 1,243.99 



Germania SaTings Bank, Pitts- 

 burg, Pa 632.10 



Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. . 580.73 



$ 9,956.82 



General Fund. 

 Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. Y.. $3,152. 46 

 American Savings Bank, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y 4,254.10 • •' 



$ 7,40e.6« 



„ , , $17,383.88' 



Bond and mortgage at 5% Interest. - ^ 



Pittsburg and Buffalo saTings banks at 4^ 



Interest. . >.<?:".;: 



Peoples Bank on $580>73, 4% interest. tA 

 Peoples Bank on checking account, 3% Interett- 



on quarterly balances. 



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